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v i Letters Patent No. 68,042, dated August 27, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGER-N:

Be it known that` I, R. A. CAMERON, of Valparaiso, inthe countyrof Portel', and State of Indiana,`have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hemorrhoidian; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction'and operation ot' the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and letters of `reference marked thereon, mak-ing a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation ofv my invention. I

Figure 2, a sectional elevation of the ellipsoidal bulb for receiving the cold water and discharging that whchis warm.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing an ellipsoidal vessel, having a suitable protuberance at one end` for passing intol the rectum, and collars opening into the bulb at such points at the other end as will allow cold or ice-water to enter the bulb through one collar by means of a pipe, and lie discharged through the other pipe by means of the opening or collar when the water becomes toowarm to answer purpose desired; the device being operated by means of suitable valves placed in proper positions in the pipes, and the common rubber bulb used as a pump for elevating water and liquids for medical and other purposes.

The importance of my invention will be better understood when it is known that the applicationof cold water, or its equivalent, is now considered very important in the cure of hemoriihoids and other diseases of the rectum; and as there has been no convenient means of applyingsuch a remedyto the atfected parts, I claim that my invention is of great importance, from the fact that it obviates the use of .wet cloths, which have to be frequently changed in order to produce a satisfactory result, and otherwise attended with great inconveniences, such as wetting the under-clothing of the patient, bed-clothes, 85o., which is both unpleasant and dangerous. Another important advantage is gained by the use of my device, which consists in the use of a continuous ow of water into the bulb, of such a temperature as the nature of the disease requires, and at the place where localV treatment is necessary; thus applying the remedy directly to the parts affected. And, further, the patient possessing ordinary' strength, can apply the device without the assistance of others, which is`znportant in the treatment of patients such as females and others possessing unusual delicacy; and in the-use of the protuberance, which may be inserted in the rectum such a distance as to apply the remedy more successfully than by thc common method of using ice or hip-baths to the affected parts, which is both expensive, painful, and annoying, from. the fact that aeonsiderable portion of the non-affected parts must necessarily be subject to the same treatment as the parts aifected. p i i Aishows the ellipsoidal bulb, having the protuberance B for passing into the rectum, as seen at g. 1; and the collar D for attaching thecylinder E to the bulb A, andthe injecting pipe X, attached to same cylinder.

The discharge pipeW is attached to the collar C in the usual manner, and carries oii` the warm water from bulb.

A. I make the bulb A of any suitable metal not liable to corrode, the mechanical construction being similar to that of making hollow spheres. The cylinder E is fitted on to the collar D, and lias`,on the inside, a common check-valve for keeping the water in the bulb A. The injecting pipe X has its lower end connected with the receiving pipe J by means of the cylinder H and the collar S, said receiving pipe'being attached atthe upper end to the common tlexible pump K, used for elevating the water, and at the lower end to the cylindrical box I,

which has, o n the inside, a suitable check-valve. I make the pipes W X J of rubber, and of such a lengthias is most convenient for use. Y

Operation. ,Y v The protuberance B must be inserted inthe` rectum, and the lower end of pipe Jv placed in the water` to be forced into bulb A, after which the pump K can be worked in the usual manner, and the surplus water will bc discharged throughA the pipe W;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Lettersy Patent, is The ellipsoidal bulb A, having the'protuberance B, when constructed and operated substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

It. A. CAMERON.

Witnesses:

Guo. L. CHAPIN, A. HAYWARD. 

